Articles

Improving Governance in the Arab World

2016-05-15

The Arab Spring uprisings brought to the fore the inadequacy of the region’s outdated social contracts in the face of current political and economic challenges

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Monopoly’s New Era

2016-05-15

In today’s economy, many sectors – telecoms, cable TV, digital branches from social media to Internet search, health insurance, pharmaceuticals, agro-business, and many more – cannot be understood through the lens of competition

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Fairness and Free Trade

2016-05-15

The United States and the European Union must decide whether they will begin to treat China as a “market economy” in their trade policies

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War and Peace and Water

2016-05-11

Fortunately, there is a way to avoid the cycle of poverty, deprivation, and conflict

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From the Front Lines of Climate Change

2016-05-10

Securing an agreement in Paris was just the first step on a long road towards protecting the global climate and the world’s most vulnerable countries

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How America enables its allies' bad behavior

2016-05-09

The United States should focus less on making their allies happy and more on making them actually behave like allies

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Why Corruption Matters

2016-05-09

Corruption, put simply, is the abuse of public office for personal gain. As leaders increasingly recognize, it is a menace to development, human dignity, and global security

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Was Sykes-Picot a bad thing?

2016-05-08

Sykes-Picot was a blessing for many in the Middle East. There is no way to divide borders and create homogeneous states

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Violent extremism: How to fight the monster without becoming one

2016-05-08

The Muslim world needs to have a moment of reflection and reckoning. This needs to start from within. It requires a revolution of the mind

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The Panama Papers and Corporate Tax Reform.. How the Leaks Created a Window of Opportunity

2016-05-07

Thanks to the Panama Papers, governments around the world have faced increasing pressure to push for tax transparency.

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The Clean Energy Revolution.. Fighting Climate Change With Innovation

2016-05-07

over 180 countries had submitted detailed plans to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Is Globalization Really Fueling Populism?

2016-05-07

The prevailing explanation is that rising populism amounts to a rebellion by “globalization’s losers.

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Faulty Political Narratives

2016-05-05

Across Latin America, voters who, until recently, were enthusiastic about their leftist governments seem to be having a change of heart.

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